Chapter 81

　　Did he buy enough presents?

　　Roman looked back at the back seat full of wrapped presents, the ones he couldn’t fit into the boot.

　　Fuck. It was too much. Would they think he was trying to buy their affection?

　　The gate slid open and it was too late to pull away and dump the presents somewhere. He drove up the driveway with his nerves playing havoc with him and stopped the car next to Evelyn’s.

　　He could do this. He could meet the parents and tell Evelyn how he felt. Just say it and let the chips fall where they may.

　　He saw the front door open and realised he had been sitting in the car for a while. When he got out, he saw it was Evelyn who’d come out of the house. She was dressed up in a stunning long dress but still had a silly Santa hat on and a red glowing band around her neck that made him think of a collar.

　　Wrong thoughts to have when he was about to meet her parents for the first time.

　　He cleared his throat as Evelyn came to stand in front of him.